The fremont municipal critical facility resilience project will power key sites designated to serve the community in a time of emergency with resilient, clean power during grid outages to ensure…

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Ava Community Energy Authority $434,110 on August 1, 2026, under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to install photovoltaic systems and energy storage at up to eight critical facilities in Fremont, California designated to serve the community during emergencies. The facilities will operate on renewable power during grid outages to ensure public safety in Fremont and Alameda County, and will also function on a day-to-day basis. Federal funding supports the energy storage investment, which addresses current supply chain challenges and the high cost of storage technology for critical service provision where traditional revenue models cannot recover costs. The work will be performed in Fremont, California, with a period of performance through July 31, 2028.

The fremont municipal critical facility resilience project will power key sites designated to serve the community in a time of emergency with resilient, clean power during grid outages to ensure public safety in fremont and across alameda county. Up to eight facilities within the city will be outfitted with PV systems and energy storage that, working together, will provide clean, renewable power during a grid outage, as well as operate on a day-to-day basis. Given the current state of technology, supply chain challenges, and the public-serving nature of the investment, costs for energy storage are high, and IT is difficult to develop a revenue model that allows for recouping the cost of critical service provision, so federal funds would be used to support the investment in energy storage that provides resilience to these key sites.